Home to Nina Simone, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Rapsody, and J Cole, North Carolina’s musical legacy is rooted in activism. Even hip-hop’s newest Carolinian chart-topping trap rapper DaBaby has embraced rap as a medium to address racial injustices in America by sharing his personal challenges with law enforcement. Despite our state’s rich...
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